Not complaining, just questioning: Longterm medication use makes most patients snappish [View all]
to degrees that no one around them has ever experienced in the past. It is an adjustment for the patient and for those who are part of that person's life.
After a freak accident at a gas station in 2009 (where I was showered in the face with gasoline from a broken pump) I had to be on heavy doses of prednisone (steroids) daily for over 4 months due to the chemical burning of my inner lungs (chemical pneumonitis), nasal spray (with steroids), eye drops (more steroids), and inhaler (even more steroids).
It's difficult to sleep, your immune system is shot to hell, and you become snappish...commonly labeled as Pred-Head by many in the medical field.
Every time I felt ready to snap at someone, especially my daughter (known as baby blm to long time DUers), I had to consciously and with determined deliberation remind myself that it was 'just the drug' and to let the perceived aggravation pass. I stayed off DU for most of that time. I probably would have been in permanent combatant mode if there had been an election cycle at that time.
When we here at DU recognize the severe health strain that some of us have been or are currently going through and recognize some of the side-effects, can we reach out with second chances for those who seek forgiveness for the temporary lack of control? In some cases it really is "Just the drug."
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